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Christmas Eve Violence Across Argentina and Mexico Leaves Multiple Dead as Investigations Advance

Authorities launched parallel homicide inquiries, weighing self‑defense claims, securing evidence and pursuing suspects.

Overview

  • In La Plata, police detained 68-year-old Juan Carlos Magen after the fatal shooting of neighbor Daniel Néstor Rubén Ramírez, with prosecutors charging him with aggravated homicide, attempted homicide and armed threats and seizing a Bersa .40, ammunition and other weapons.
  • A 48-year-old shopkeeper in Mar del Plata killed two armed assailants who tried to rob his market; Fiscal Romina Díaz (UFI Nº6) is gathering video and witness evidence, ordered autopsies and ballistic tests, and the merchant remains under investigation without being held.
  • In Quilmes, an off-duty Policía de la Ciudad officer fatally shot two motorcycle robbers who allegedly targeted him and his wife; UFI Nº7 opened a case that is preliminarily characterized as legitimate defense while forensic work continues.
  • Santa Fe’s barrio Acería reported the execution-style killing of 23-year-old Kevin Leonel Duarte; the case is classified as aggravated homicide by firearm, the PDI’s Homicide Division is leading the probe and the attackers are at large.
  • Holiday incidents elsewhere included two fatal shootings in Salta (a 19-year-old killed in Orán with a suspect sought and a domestic shooting in Tartagal under judicial review), multiple killings reported in Culiacán, and a fratricide in Nuevo León that also wounded the victims’ mother.